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Greeks abandon traditional foods for GMO Western Diet, and an obesity epidemic is the result

Greeks abandon traditional foods for GMO Western Diet, and an obesity epidemic is the result | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it

FINALLY SOMEONE LOOKS AT PROCESSED, WESTERN FOOD FOR AN ANSWER TO OBESITY, DIABETES (AND CANCER)

 

More than 10 percent of the world's population is malnourished, but an even larger proportion is overweight. Greece has one of the highest rates of child obesity, despite having one of the world's healthiest cuisines.... WHY?

...Like processed food from the supermarket and fast food on the street. And soda and doughnuts and ice cream. All of it cheaper to buy, easier to prepare -- and, especially for children, harder to resist -- than what grandma used to make. And then there's the marketing -- a relentless bombardment of ads aimed at kids for products like soft drinks and breakfast cereal and processed meat.... http://www.marketplace.org/topics/sustainability/food-9-billion/greeces-diet-crisis-greeks-abandon-traditional-foods-and

 

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AFRICA: Sowing Seeds Right Where They Are: Climate Change and Desertification

AFRICA: Sowing Seeds Right Where They Are: Climate Change and Desertification | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it

Confronting climate change and poverty, a new crop of city farmers comes of age in Africa

Some 15 million Africans abandon the countryside every year in pursuit of better lives in the city. Climate change and further desertification will only exacerbate that trend. How will these ballooning urban populations survive? The best strategy, they're finding, is to begin sowing seeds right where they are.

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